11/12/21 Report - Oldest Coin From Canada Found. Beaches On T. C. Mystery Item Reveals Florida's Past. Florida Fossils.

 

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.

Oldest Coin Ever Found in Canada(?)
Source: See nsnews.com link below.

CUPIDS, N.L. — An archeologist in eastern Newfoundland says his team has unearthed what could be the oldest English coin ever found in Canada.

William Gilbert, head archeologist at the Cupids Cove Plantation Provincial Historic Site, says the small silver coin was minted sometime between 1493 and 1499...

Here is the link.

Archeological dig in Newfoundland unearths what could be Canada's oldest English coin - North Shore News (nsnews.com)

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JamminJack took a look at some of the beaches I haven't been too lately.  Here is what they looked like Thursday afternoon.

Ambersands Beach Thursday Afternoon
Photo by JamminJack.

At Ambersands there is still a lot of renourishment sand.  

When I look at Ambersands I remember the time they renourished it with sand that came from the Sebastian inlet and there was a lot of silver U.S. coins in the renourishment sand.  

Golden Sands Beach Thursday Afternoon.
Photo by JamminJack

You can see all the renourishment sand at Golden Sands.

Treasure Shores was closed yesterday.  I assume Seagrape Trail is also still closed.

Jack also sent a photo of Wabasso.  No big changes there.  Still a lot of sand.

Thanks Jack.

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Yesterday I posted the following photo of an item that was recently found on a Treasure Coast beach.   It is over a foot long, 7.5 inches in diameter, and about 32 pounds.  I asked if you could guess what it is.  Some people thought it looked like petrified wood.  It does, but it is actually a section of mammoth tusk.

Previously Posted Mystery Object.

Being mammoth tusk means it would be over ten thousand years old.  

Imagine a Florida of the past populated by mammoths and mastodons.   Mammoths and mastodons are different.  Mastodons go back much farther in history and were generally smaller.  Both lived along what is now the Treasure Coast.

Cover of Florida Fossil ID Book by Robin Brown.

You might know about the world-famous Vero Man fossil found by local man, James Kennedy.  That find suggests that humans and mastodons lived on the Treasure Coast contemporaneously.   Amateurs make major contributions.  This is one example.

Famous Vero Man Carving

If you search treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com you'll see that I talked about Kennedy's find several times in the past.  Here are a couple of links.

See The Treasure Beaches Report Direct From Florida's Treasure Coast.: 10/22 Report - Vero Bone Carving Find Studied by Smithsonian & Wreck Ceramic Reference

Or The Treasure Beaches Report Direct From Florida's Treasure Coast.: 6/24/17 Report - Taking Another Look At An Old Find. History-Changing Archaeological Discovery. Search for Lost Merchant To Resume.

There is a very distinct characteristic that will help you identify mammoth ivory.  A herringbone pattern will be evident even on small pieces.  The pattern is very clear on the newly found item.

Below is an excerpt from Richard Hulbert's book on Florida fossils.

Page From Richard Hulbert's Florida Fossil ID Book.
(Highly recommended).

The herringbone pattern is very evident on the recently found piece.

As I said, mammoths and mastodons are different.  Here is another item found the same day.

Partial Mastodon Tooth

Mastodon teeth are different than mammoth teeth.  This appears to be a broken mastodon tooth.  It has a very nice surface.  You can see some nice blue color on it.

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Source: MagicSeaWeed.com.

As you can see the surf is decreasing.

Happy hunting,

TreasureGuide@comcast.net